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Case 17 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? A comparison table places chromatographic purity and net peptide conte...
Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction. A review article can help locate sources, but it is not a substitute for...
Case 56 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · comparison exercise Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the...
Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” as a row heading in a prop...
Case 32 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise Correction note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambigu...
Clarification for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the point beginning “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and...
Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citation alone may leave an unsupported conclusion in the opening summ...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Case 13 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. How should a comparison be d...
Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Do not infer a physiological trend before assessing…” belongs to t...
Case 21 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Proposed correction: documentation supplied; method and sample linkage i...
Case 4 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the pu...
Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: use “Describe the measurement, population or model,…” as a row heading ...